Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe : : Lessons for the Twenty-first Century / / ed. by Stefan Berger, Hugh Compston.

• MitwirkendeR: Bedani, Gino,; Berger, Stefan,; Compston, Hugh,; Dorey, Peter,; Fulcher, James,; Haddock, Bruce,; Hemerijck, Anton,; Jensen, Carsten Strøby,; Kittel, Bernhard,; Leaman, Jeremy,; Lewis, Jill,; Lucio, Miguel Martínez,; Mailand, Mikkel,; Milner, Susan,; O’Connor, Emmet,; O’Donnell, Rory,; Parsons, Nick,; Pestoff, Victor A.,; Robinson, Robert A.,; Slomp, Hans,; Thomas, Damian,; Tálos, Emmerich,; Williams, Chris,
• HerausgeberIn: Berger, Stefan,; Compston, Hugh,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

Policy concertation - the determination of public policy by means of agreements struck between governments, employers and trade unions - continues to thrive in Western Europe despite the impact of liberalizing trends that were expected to lead to its demise. This volume brings together a team of 23 experts with the aim to undertake paired historical and political studies of policy concertation in ten West European countries, which were then subjected to systematic comparative analysis. It shows that overall the incidence of broad policy concertation in Western Europe can be explained by the changing configurations of just three variables.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF APPENDICES -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION THE STRANGE PERSISTENCE OF POLICY CONCERTATION -- PART I COUNTRY STUDIES -- CHAPTER 1 AUSTRIA IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: FROM CIVIL WAR TO SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP -- CHAPTER 2 AUSTRIA IN THE 1990S: THE ROUTINE OF SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP IN QUESTION? -- CHAPTER 3 BRITAIN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: FROM WAR CONCERTATION TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT -- CHAPTER 4 BRITAIN IN THE 1990S: THE ABSENCE OF POLICY CONCERTATION -- CHAPTER 5 DENMARK IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: TOWARDS CONFLICT-BASED CONSENSUS -- CHAPTER 6 DENMARK IN THE 1990S: STATUS QUO OR A MORE SELF-CONFIDENT STATE? -- CHAPTER 7 FRANCE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PARTNERSHIP -- CHAPTER 8 FRANCE IN THE 1990S: STRUGGLING WITH THE WEIGHT OF HISTORY -- CHAPTER 9 GERMANY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 10 GERMANY IN THE 1990S: THE IMPACT OF REUNIFICATION -- CHAPTER 11 IRELAND IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE LEGACIES OF COLONIALISM – EDGING TOWARDS POLICY CONCERTATION -- CHAPTER 12 IRELAND IN THE 1990S: POLICY CONCERTATION TRIUMPHANT -- CHAPTER 13 ITALY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE LEGACIES OF FASCISM AND ANTI-FASCISM -- CHAPTER 14 ITALY IN THE 1990S: POLICY CONCERTATION RESURGENT -- CHAPTER 15 THE NETHERLANDS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE RISE AND FALL OF DUTCH POLICY CONCERTATION -- CHAPTER 16 THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 1990S: TOWARDS ‘FLEXIBLE CORPORATISM’ IN THE POLDER MODEL -- CHAPTER 17 SPAIN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: FASCIST CORPORATISM AND SOCIAL PACTS -- CHAPTER 18 SPAIN IN THE 1990S: STRATEGIC CONCERTATION -- CHAPTER 19 SWEDEN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDISH MODEL -- CHAPTER 20 SWEDEN DURING THE 1990S: THE DEMISE OF CONCERTATION AND SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP AND ITS SUDDEN REAPPEARANCE IN 1998 -- PART II COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS -- CHAPTER 21 THE POLITICS OF POLICY CONCERTATION IN THE 1990S: THE ROLE OF IDEAS -- CHAPTER 22 SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP 1880–1989: THE DEEP HISTORICAL ROOTS OF DIVERSE STRATEGIES -- CHAPTER 23 POLICY CONCERTATION IN WESTERN EUROPE: A CONFIGURATIONAL APPROACH -- INDEX